How to Succeed in Evil by Patrick E. McLean

How to Succeed in Evil is not a self-help page for the maladjusted. It it is the story of Edwin Windsor, Evil Efficiency Consultant. He's like Arthur Andersen for Supervillains.

Archive for June, 2007

What’s been going on

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

A rollercoaster.

There is a lot of interest in ‘Evil. Sure people think it should be comic. But some folks think it would make a nice TV show. Still others think it would be a great movie. And who am I to disagree with any of them?

Ed Wood on Line One
So all these people call. Or I should say they call my agent. (Yes, I have an agent for the film and television rights) And it’s very exciting. It’s also very nothing. Until a contract is signed and money changes hands, it’s nothing. For a couple of months there, this roller coaster of expectation drove me crazy. Everybody loves it. (I think everybody loves everything in Hollywood.) But more importantly, everybody seems to agree it has potential.

But I’m trying to stop worrying about it. Sure I take the calls. And I try not to talk more than I should, but recently, something changed. My mind.

What I CAN do
Instead of worrying about what I could do or what might happen, I’ve decided to focus on the things I can do. Which is get up in the morning and write. I’m working on the novel. I’d call it the first novel, but that level of hubris is beyond me. See I’ve felt pushed by everybody. (Write it this way, write it that way! Quick, get out another podcast!)

So these days I’m trying not to let anything make me crazy. I’m getting up at 6 in the morning and writing. Somedays two hours. Somedays just one. But writing all I can. Because that’s the thing I can do. And do well.

Upcoming
The next episode of El Justiador will be out by the end of the week. Then a final one next month. And then, I promise, the main story line will continue.